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While manager of the Richmond mine, Kalgoorlie, he discovered the nature and gold content of telluride, previously regarded as valueless. Over two years 1899–1901 he mapped much of Central Australia, and found the Tanami goldfields. He later prospected in Africa, Chile, and
127:, the elder son of Janet nÊe Aitchison (c. 1847 – 31 March 1901) and J(ames) Johnstone Davidson, who died in Africa in 1901, where son A. A. Davidson was chairman of West African Mines. and spent much of his youth at Thackaringa Station, New South Wales (near 263:
as trainee pilot and was sent overseas in May 1918. This required his parents' permission as he was not yet 19 years of age. After the war he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant and served as a pilot instructor at
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which was sunk by a U-boat on 28 March 1915, and was one of the 140 survivors. Like his brother, he died suddenly in London, of a heart attack. Another brother was Thomas Aitchison Davidson.
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to attend the Empire Press Conference and died suddenly in London. The cause was determined to be pneumonia, He was buried at the Putney Vale Cemetery alongside his son Allan.
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This reference alone cites Harrow as his place of birth; all newspaper accounts have Thackaringa, however there is no evidence of Thackaringa Station being established by 1870
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Alan Douglas Davidson (15 December 1899 – 24 March 1927) studied at Wesley College, Melbourne, and Melbourne Technical School. He enlisted with the
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His brother Allan Arthur Davidson ( – 7 January 1930) was a well known mining engineer, and explorer, a graduate of Adelaide's
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Contemporary accounts varied as to the spelling of his name, but he signed himself "Alan" on Air Corps documents in 1918.
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had been launched, another journal was published in Hobart, but failed, and a controlling interest was obtained in the
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She signed her name "E. Gilbert Davidson." They were living apart at the time of Alan's embarkation in May 1918.
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as a pilot. He and his two passengers, A.W.N. Bell and W.R. Donaldson, were killed when the Qantas plane (
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at Port Pirie, and established an Adelaide afternoon newspaper, in preparation for which, the
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He married Eugenie Louise Gilbert (or Jerome-Gilbert) on 6 October 1896. They had two sons:
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After a period in the Civil Service, he became secretary to the Premier of
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in January 1918 and was assigned to the Australian Flying Corps,
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writer, commenced his journalistic career, as a reporter on
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It was in Western Australia that Davidson, a skilled
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J. E. Davidson
Harrow, Victoria
London, England
News Limited
Caricature by David Low
News Limited
Harrow, Victoria
Cockburn, South Australia
Western Australia
Lord Forrest
shorthand
The West Australian
Argus
Melbourne
Herald and Weekly Times
The Barrier Miner
Recorder
Mail
School of Mines
Nigeria
Falaba
AIF
Laverton
Point Cook, Victoria
Qantas
Airco DH.9C
Tambo, Queensland
stalled
'Davidson, James Edward (1870–1930)'
"Personal"

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